Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Burberry Complete Eye Palette in No. 01 Smokey Grey: Review & Swatches

Purchased by me. Affiliate Links.
According to Burberry Beauty, 

Designed for effortless application, each Burberry Beauty Complete Eye Palette contains an illuminating base, two blendable shades to add structure and a liner to define and enrich.

The lightweight, natural formula allows you to create a customizable smoky finish, while the spectrum of textures blended with silicones provide smooth glide and easy application. Micronized pigments impart long-lasting, vibrant color in a color-true finish.

Comes in a convenient velvet pouch with three applicators to help you create a multitude of looks.

Burberry Complete Eye Palette in No. 1 Smokey Grey is an utterly stunning classic palette, and one that will thrill anyone who loves the quintessential smokey eye.
The colors in the quad are a rich black with a delicious satin finish, a semi-matte smokey mid-tone grey, a stunning gunmetal grey with shimmer, and a cool frosted white that leans a touch grey in some lighting.

Initially when Burberry launched the quads, there were people who thought that the quality of the quads was not comparable to their iconic single eyeshadows. I have to heartily disagree. I own a great many Burberry eyeshadows, and if there is any difference in quality it is imperceptible to me. Each of the shades in this quad is creamy, buttery soft, and unbelievably finely milled. The pigmentation is utter perfection, and can be built up to maximum opacity, or sheered out for a wash of color. 

In the pan the colors are definitely cool-leaning, and they remain so on my cool-toned skin. However, Sabrina from The Beauty Look Book found that the semi-matte shade leaned warm on her warmer olive-toned skin, whereas it remained cool on my decidedly cool-toned skin.

I find the colors to be long-wearing with or without primer, but I do not have oily eyelids- therefore your mileage may vary.
I personally tend to wear a simple wash of color and liner rather than the traditional smokey eye, and I have found endless possibilities with this gorgeous palette. The black shade makes for one stunning rich eye liner,  both of the grey shades are stunning as a wash of color on the lid, and the white makes a stunning eye brightener in the corner of the eye. I also found that blending the shades together in various combinations created even more beautiful shades.
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Overall assessment: Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! This is a must-have quad for me. This is the quality that you expect from Burberry, and I remain resolute in my belief that Burberry makes among the very highest quality eyeshadows on the market.

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13 comments:

  1. Love, love, love Burberry...I recently picked up a few of these complete eye quads as I din't have a chance to when they launched.. LOVE the quality. I think its on par with the singles. I am hoping they make something similar with their blushes too :)

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    1. Me too!!!!! Aren't the quads divine?! I absolutely think that they are on par with the singles as well! Oooh a blush quad would be AMAZING!!!!!!!!! :-)

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  2. I love Burberry - but I don't have any eye shadows yet...perhaps soon ;-)

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    1. Oh Jamilla, you have to try them- they are SUBLIME!!!!!!!!! They are so buttery soft and smooth, and they blend so beautifully! I have a pile of the singles, but this is the only quad that I have (so far :)! You must try them!! You have to check out Midnight Brown and Pale Barley (singles--they are just divine)!

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  3. You make me feel so guilty. I think I'm going to write HERE IS MY REVIEW and then just link to LOLA! I haven't even taken it out of the package. Your pictures are superb as always.

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    1. Oh, Marcia- if you knew how many unopened boxes of makeup I had right now, you would yell at your friend for being wasteful!!! Somehow the boxes seem to multiply while waiting for their contents to get photographed. I think that can become a really warped aspect of beauty blogging-- it's easy to sort of not really count the things that are awaiting review!!!! HELP!!!

      Thank you for your kind words-- I'm so glad that you liked the review and photographs-- it's such a great quad that it basically wrote itself!

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    2. Now pull yours out of the box, snap a few pictures, and enjoy it! <3

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  4. ooo this is beautiful !
    I have alot of burberry shadows but this one looks like ANOTHER necessity haha

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    1. This one is well worth having-- it really is stunning. Definitely a necessity for Burberry girls like us!!!!!! <3

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  5. Very pretty, its good to hear your thoughts on the formula compared to the singles, I might well have to pick one of these up, I do prefer a palette to singles, easier in the morning rush :)
    xx

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    1. Hi Clare! This palette is definitely every bit as fantastic as their singles. I think that they are well worth looking at! I can't wait to see your reviews if you pick some up! Palettes definitely are far more convenient-- provided that there are enough loved colors in them to make it worth the purchase! :-) <3

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  6. I really like those colors and the texture makes it look cute xD! I want it(:

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    1. Hi AJ, It is definitely an amazing palette! I am really happy that I splurged and bought it! I will definitely get lots and lots of use out of it! Have a lovely weekend <3

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